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aerial view of redevelopment around Michigan Central Station
Goodbye Ruin Porn

Ford reveals plans for Michigan Central, a 30-acre “mobility innovation district” in Detroit’s Corktown

a person holding a model globe, but not bjarke ingels's masterplanet
Little BIG Planet

Op-ed: With Masterplanet, Bjarke Ingels’s architecture has become universal—and incapable of admitting difference

A man sitting behind a mic, roman mars
Always Read The Plaque

Roman Mars on ten years of 99% Invisible and his latest book

illustration of a tree-topped mixed-use buildings
Bugging Out

Henning Larsen shares master plan for a new urban district in Wolfsburg, Germany

a motel 6 sign, of the type to house a homekey project
Plenty of Room at the Inn

California Governor Gavin Newsom pledges $200 million for hotel-to-housing conversion program

Outdoor dining in nyc during pandemic
Winter Is Coming

New report explores how shops and restaurants can survive and thrive during a COVID winter

A poster that reads Utopian Hours on a yellow background
As A Concept, Not A Specific City

Utopian Hours returns with a streaming urbanism festival about the fate of the city

A low-slung waterfront site on a river
Just a Bridge Away

Studio Libeskind will bring a new waterfront neighborhood to New Jersey

A screenshot of flight simulator 2020 showing a plane over the mountains of brazil
Around the World in 80 Minutes

Flight Simulator 2020 provides a worldwide playset for architects and urbanists

A wrapped tower with rememberances for grenfell victims
Inquiring Minds Want To Know

Cost-cutting, cladding confusion, and ‘lost’ files: Grenfell three years on

street dining in nyc in Jackson heights, which was covered under the neighborhoods now initiative
Valuable Tools

Van Alen Institute and Urban Design Forum launch online design toolkit for COVID-19 recovery efforts

modules on a beach, an example of prefabrication in an urban context
Encouraging the Unconventional

NYC Public Design Commission explores small-scale prefabrication potential in a big-city context

SoHo, next up for a rezoning, in the winter with snow
SoHo, NoHo, WoHo, EoHo

With the Industry City rezoning dead, NYC turns its eye to SoHo

a pedestrian bridge being lifted into place
Big Moves In Olympic City USA

Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed pedestrian bridge hoisted into place in Colorado Springs

An aerial photo of boston
Canopy Calling

Boston issues an RFP for its first urban forest plan

walking across a pedestrian bridge
A Matter of Truss

LMN Architects completes a connectivity-boosting bridge in Everett, Washington

a confederate monument in virgina, which would be moved under the monuments project
A More Just Public Square

Mellon Foundation pledges $250 million to help reshape American monuments

a historic courthouse building overlooking Quebedeaux Park
Solemn Markers

Officials approve transforming a Houston park into memorial for victims of racial violence

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